Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead
Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead | |
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| Born | Jane Byrd McCall 1858 Philadelphia, PA |
| Died | September 22, 1955 (aged 96–97)[1][2] Kingston, NY |
Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead (1858–1955) was an American artist.
She was born in 1858 in Philadelphia to Jane Byrd Mercer and Peter McCall. Her father was a lawyer, and a former mayor of Philadelphia.[2] She studied art at the Academie Julian in Paris, and in 1886 while travelling with her parents through Europe, she was presented to Queen Victoria.[2] In 1892 she married Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead.[2] With her husband, she founded Byrdcliffe, an arts and crafts colony that opened in 1903.[3][4] Her work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- ^ a b c d "The Winterthur Library". findingaid.winterthur.org.
- ^ "The Arts and Crafts Movement in America". www.metmuseum.org.
- ^ Genocchio, Benjamin (14 August 2003). "100 Years Ago, When the Arts Found Woodstock". The New York Times.
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